15 Amarnath pilgrims died due to flash floods: Govt tells Rajya SabhaUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said various government agencies like the NDRF, the SDRF, Army, CAPFs and Union Territory go...
27 Jul, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
Rescue and search operation near Amarnath cave over; no one missing: J&K LGJ&K LG Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that rescue and search operation near Amarnath cave in the Pahalgam area of Anantnag district of southe...
15 Jul, 2022, 12.03 AM IST
Initial response to Amarnath flash floods kept death toll low: IAF officerFlash floods triggered by heavy rain struck near the shrine on July 8, leaving at least 16 people dead and more than 30 missing. The annual...
11 Jul, 2022, 05.08 PM IST
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces Rs 10 lakh compensation for families of those killed in Amarnath cloudburstHe also said that the state government will help in the education of affected children.
11 Jul, 2022, 12.44 PM IST
Amarnath Yatra suspended from Jammu due to inclement weatherA total of 69,535 pilgrims have left in 10 batches from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the Valley since June 29, the day the fir...
10 Jul, 2022, 02.28 PM IST
Amarnath flash floods: 16 dead, 40 missing in ; yatra on holdMore than 40 people are still reported missing, even as survivors said they felt like a mountain was falling with mud and water and that th...
10 Jul, 2022, 07.46 AM IST
Amarnath cloudburst causes 16 deaths; 15,000 pilgrims evacuated"Most of the pilgrims, who were stranded near the holy cave shrine area due to the flash flood that occurred Friday evening, have been shif...
09 Jul, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
Amarnath flash floods may be due highly localised rain event, not cloudburst, says IMDThe IMD has an automatic weather station near the Amarnath cave shrine which provides weather forecasts during the pilgrimage. However, the...
09 Jul, 2022, 04.32 PM IST
Amarnath: ITBP says 15,000 stranded pilgrims evacuatedThe flash flood near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir swept away scores of people, killing at least 13 and swamping tents ...
09 Jul, 2022, 12.51 PM IST
BJP's Raja Singh and his family escape cloudburst chaos at Amaranath caveSingh descended the hills on a steed and was then transported to Srinagar by the Indian Army, due to the security cover afforded to him as ...
09 Jul, 2022, 11.27 AM IST
Cloudburst near Amarnath Cave, at least 13 dead"Situation is under control, rains are still going on. Looking at the hazard level, the Amarnath Yatra has been halted temporarily due to t...
08 Jul, 2022, 11.32 PM IST
- World Bank interested in expanding satellite-based flood insurance scheme: IWMI
Patna, Feb 23 (IANS) After the success of the pilot project on Index-Based Flood Insurance (IBFI) for farmers in Bihar, the World Bank has ...
23 Feb, 2018, 02.52 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir government focusing on adventure tourismTo bring back tourists to the J&K after the devastating floods last year, the state government has now started focusing on adventure touris...
06 Aug, 2015, 11.39 AM IST
Bihar is India's most flood-prone state, says instituteAlso, 76 per cent people of North Bihar are at risk of getting caught in floods, said Giriraj Amarnath, senior researcher and project lead ...
01 Aug, 2015, 03.05 PM IST
Border Road Organisation restores road link between Rajouri-PoonchVehicular traffic was restored on the Rajouri Poonch National Highway after the Border Road Organisation (BRO) constructed a Bailey bridge ...
14 Jul, 2015, 09.37 PM IST
VHP organises medical camps in Jammu, 1,400 patients treatedVHP organised three-day long free medical camps in the flood-hit state and provided medical aid to around 1,400 patients in different areas...
15 Sep, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
Ensuring safe conduct of Chardham and Amarnath Yatra government's priority; Met dept to release forecastsThe government has put safe conduct of upcoming Chardham Yatra as its top priority. A flash flood in 2013 had left thousands dead.
10 Jun, 2014, 12.01 PM IST